An Amazon factory whistleblower who says he was tortured by Chinese police before being jailed has called on Jeff Bezos to help overturn his conviction

• Tang Mingfang was jailed after disclosing illegal work practices at a factory making Amazon products.
• Tang says he was tortured during the police interrogation process that led to his conviction.

A man who was jailed after blowing the whistle on illegal working practices at a Chinese factory that makes Amazon Echo and Kindle devices has called on Jeff Bezos to help overturn his conviction.

In 2019, Tang Mingfang leaked documents to China Labor Watch, which revealed that the Foxconn factory in Hengyang, China, was making schoolchildren work illegally long hours. Tang was later charged and convicted by Chinese authorities of leaking trade secrets. He was released in September.

In a letter to the Amazon executive chairman and founder, published by China Labor Watch on Sunday and first reported by The Observer, Tang said he was "tortured during the interrogation process" at the hands of police and "forced to make false confessions."

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In the letter, Tang calls on Bezos to "ask Hengyang Foxconn to face up to its own problems and apologise to me" and "communicate with the local court and assist me in my complaint about the case so that the court can finally revoke my guilty verdict."

An Amazon spokesperson said: "We do not tolerate violations of our supply chain standards. We regularly assess suppliers, using independent auditors as appropriate, to monitor continued compliance and improvement — if we find violations, we take appropriate steps, including requesting immediate corrective action."

Foxconn did not immediately reply when contacted by Insider for comment.